Yashica Auto Focus S v.s. Kyocera T Scope @ Yuan Shan and Shezi Island 圓山、社子

2012.11.27

Annual leave is down to just 4 days, and on the first day, I planned a simple cycling and photography trip from Dajia Riverside Park to Shezi Island. Despite having lived in Taipei for almost 20 years, this was my first visit to Shezi Island. Due to ongoing construction on a river embankment road, I attempted to find an alternative route within the industrial area of Shezi Island. Unfortunately, the industrial zone proved to be too chaotic, with unpleasant odors of chemicals, hardware, and drainage, prompting me to retrace my steps back to the entrance of the Zhumei Expressway. From there, I headed towards Shezi Island (junction of Keelung River and Tamsui River) along the Tamsui River embankment until I saw Guandu Bridge and returned.

年度特休僅剩4天，第一天規劃了簡單的騎單車運動和攝影的行程，從大佳河濱公園騎到社子島。到台北近20年，這還是我第一次到社子島，由於有段河堤道路正在施工，所以我試著繞到社子島內的工業區另尋捷徑，無奈工業區內太過雜亂，而且化學藥品、五金、排水溝等異味讓人聞之卻步，只好循原路走回洲美快速道路的入口，從淡水河河堤這邊往社子島(基隆河與淡水河交界處) 前進，直到看到關渡公與關渡大橋才折返。

Yashica Auto Focus S

 
I brought along two point-and-shoot cameras today: the Yashica Auto Focus S, an early 80s autofocus point-and-shoot camera with traditional mechanical film loading and rewinding methods, and the Kyocera T scope (sister model to Yashica T scope), a 90s autofocus point-and-shoot camera featuring a Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8/35 T* coated lens. The Kyocera/Yashica T series point-and-shoot cameras all use Carl Zeiss Tessar lenses, with this particular model having a wider aperture of 2.8, while the others likely feature a 3.5 aperture.

今天帶了2台傻瓜相機：Yashica Auto Focus S是台早期80年代的自動對焦傻瓜相機，過片和回片的方式還是傳統機械式的，很有趣。Kyocera T scope (其姊妹機是 Yashica T scope)是90年代的自動對焦傻瓜相機，賣點是採用了Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8/35 T*鍍膜的鏡頭。Kyocear/Yashica T 系列傻瓜相機均是採用Carl Zeiss Tessar 鏡頭，除了這台採用了2.8光圈以外，其他的應該都是3.5光圈。

Kyocera T scope

Grand Hotel 圓山飯店 

Yashica Auto Focus S
Yashica Lens 38/2.8, Kodak TMAX400


Grand Hotel 圓山飯店

Kyocera T scope

Carl Zeiss Tessar 35/2.8 T*, Fujifilm RDPIII


Zhumei Expressway 洲美快速道路 

Yashica Auto Focus S
Yashica Lens 38/2.8, Kodak TMAX400


Zhumei Expressway 洲美快速道路  

Kyocera T scope
Carl Zeiss 35/2.8 T*, Fujifilm RDPIII

 

 For more photos, please refer to the Yuan Shan and Shezi Island Photo Album.

 
其他相片請參閱 圓山2社子 相簿。

Yashica MAT-124G @ Vanilla Fifi 宜蘭香草菲菲

2012.10.12

Discovering Vanilla Fifi was somewhat accidental. This year, for our anniversary on Qixi Valentine's Day, I ordered a soda maker as a birthday gift for my wife. Along with the package came three tickets to Vanilla Fifi, which I've been holding onto. Today happened to be the day for the parents' profession explanation activity at my daughter's school during morning reading time. My wife and I took a day off to cycle around Meihua Lake and decided to visit this emerging attraction. 

會知道香草菲菲這個地方算是偶然，今年七夕情人節訂了一台氣泡水製造機給老婆當生日禮物，包裹中送了3張香草菲菲的門票，也就一直收著。剛好今天是晨讀時間到女兒學校解說家長的職業的活動日，跟老婆一起請了一天假到梅花湖騎單車也順便到這個新興景點瞧一瞧。

The entire building is designed with the concept of a ventilated factory, both in its exterior and interior, presenting a consistent white color scheme. Therefore, I had initially prepared black and white film to better capture the structure and texture of the building. For the camera, I brought along my trusty Yashica MAT-124G, a portable 120 film camera. Inside, while taking photos, a guide, around 20 years old, struck up a conversation with me about the camera I was using. For him, it seemed like an antique, probably his first encounter with a TLR camera. I had to start explaining from the basics of film, and luckily, he was familiar with 35mm film. In a few more years, young people might not even know what film is, and even companies like Kodak could become unknown to them!

整棟建築設計是以通風廠房的概念來設計，外觀和內部清一色是白色調，所以我一開始就準備了黑白底片，這樣比較能呈現建物的構造和質感。相機不多說，就是120底片的隨身機 Yashica MAT-124G。室內拍攝當下，一位現場約莫20來歲的解說員和我聊起手上的相機，對他而言真的是骨董了，大概是第一次看到TLR相機，我只好從底片該始講起，還好他知道135底片，再過幾年，年輕人應該都不知到底片是何物? 連Kodak這家公司也毫無所悉了吧!


Photo 1: Vanilla Fifi Exterior 香草菲菲外觀, Yashica MAT-124G


Photo 2:Vanilla Fifi Interior 香草菲菲內部, Yashica MAT-124G

Yilan Vanilla Fifi Photo Album
宜蘭香草菲菲 相簿